How Bainter and Webster can justify their no votes, thus denying equal access to insurance coverage for as much as 10 percent of their constituents, requires examination.

Studies in states that already have passed laws requiring insurance parity clearly show that costs to insurance companies actually decreased, as did overall costs to businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

Bainter and Webster cannot justify their no votes because they voted for continued discrimination against a specific segment of the citizenry.

Incidentally, I think it germane to state that my condemnation of Bainter and Webster is not politically based - I'm a registered Republican.